Parents

TALKING WITH CHILDREN

As parents and caregivers we know that we must try and communicate with our children. Every day the media tells us how important this is (especially with all the talk about children's rights) and we have seen lots of family conflicts starting because of poor or non-existent communication between parents and children. But issues like sexual and reproductive health are so difficult to talk about with your children. Of course you want to protect your children and maybe ... you would prefer your children not to know about this stuff. But they know and they hear stories. So what can we do?